Sentences with phrase «spend taxpayer dollars»

Also, as an aside, one also has to wonder why DOJ officials felt the need to spend taxpayer dollars on LexisNexis searches when they could have relied on Google for free.

It makes no sense for a city to spend taxpayer dollars investigating whether a dog may look like a pit bull and then impounding him if he does.

When coupled with the fact that there is no transparency or accountability in terms of how charters spend taxpayer dollars are the very reasons why we need to put the brakes on charter expansion and require them to serve the same student populations and be just as accountable as traditional public schools.

This means that the overwhelming majority of private voucher schools are free to spend taxpayer dollars as they choose, out of the eye of the public.

That is why most states and the federal government choose to spend taxpayer dollars on «targeted» preschool programs open only to low - income families.

«Instead of just saying we need to spend taxpayer dollars to educate another 6,000 medical residents in anesthesia, why can't we use the CRNAs we have already trained and start letting them practice to the fullest scope of their potential.»

Wilson, however, said DiNapoli could have done more, and that DiNapoli's loyalties to the legislators who appointed him comptroller have stopped him from seriously examining how they spend taxpayer dollars.

Each of my decisions is preceded by the same question: «Is this the best way to spend taxpayer dollars?»

The New York Works Task Force is touring the state explaining how it's trying to better spend taxpayer dollars on infrastructure programs, and looking for suggestions on how to do it.

Sampson said: «Krueger is a proven reformer who can successfully work with Gov. Cuomo, the Assembly, and Senators on both sides of the aisle to restructure the budget process through long - term changes that radically reform how we spend taxpayer dollars.»

«The days of spending taxpayer dollars to fuel poverty - wage jobs are over.

«It's forced school districts and others to discipline how they're spending taxpayer dollars.»

«What's happened is the governor is traveling around spending taxpayer dollars, putting all these videos together to say how great I am.

Erie County Legislature Chairman John Mills, with the support of the new Majority Caucus, has called for a review of the Legislature's expenditures from the past five years to determine exactly how the Legislature has spent taxpayer dollars and identify necessary changes to improve productivity.

«We don't believe that we should be spending taxpayer dollars on people that are here illegally while other kids are saddled with student loans.»

Opponents of the missile interceptor site say members of Congress have the wrong priorities when it comes to spending taxpayer dollars.

«All they've done is spend taxpayers dollars in an effort to subvert us from getting things that are clearly within the public's right to know.»

It is a bet that spending taxpayer dollars today can lead to better jobs and more secure, cleaner energy for tomorrow's economy.

Getting the law involved adds expense, it is more hassle for everyone, it adds risk, and it spends my taxpayer dollars on your private dispute.

So why are cities still spending taxpayer dollars taking people to court, or installing video cameras, to stop people from actually helping solve the problem?

«If this video really represented Dr. Holdren's personal opinion, then it's bad enough that OSTP spent taxpayer dollars to produce and post it on the White House web site,» said CEI general counsel Sam Kazman.

Today's ruling is an important step, but the work continues to stop spending taxpayer dollars to prop up dirty industries.

Thus I would contend that there is no need to spend another taxpayer dollar on new research studies until we have extracted the few grains of gold buried in the heap of excrement called Climate Science.

Without question, MIECHV achieves the needed balance of spending taxpayer dollars wisely on programs proven to work and is exactly the kind of pro-family program we should be supporting.

Not exact matches

Between 2009 and 2014, Colorado state mining officials spent $ 12.3 million taxpayer dollars on mine - reclamation work.

FORTUNE — U.S. and UK taxpayers looking to spend some extra dollars on behalf of corporations during the holidays (and into next year) will be pleased to know that Hewlett - Packard's bungled acquisition of software firm Autonomy has made that possible.

As secretary, Price criticized the Medicaid health program for low - income people, saying it doesn't deliver results commensurate with the hundreds of billions of dollars taxpayers spend on it.

Basically, Mr. Flaherty is looking for suggestions on how to «strengthen our economy in the face of global economic threats»; with «cost - neutral or low cost measures», focusing on «more efficient and effective spending» that builds on the «government's belief of respecting taxpayers» dollars» and «encourages private sector growth and leadership».

If her government had spent the last three years negotiating on aboriginal title with First Nations — rather than spending millions of taxpayers» dollars fighting a losing battle against the Tsilhqot» in — there would today be more opportunity and benefits for First Nations and greater certainty for investors and workers on where and how LNG related pipelines and plants will proceed.

Let's all congratulate Reality, because his taxpayer dollar was spent in Joplin... * clapping my hands *...

When the process is over, no doubt, millions of taxpayer dollars will be spent, as they so often are on boondoggles such as this is likely to be.

Many of those teachers of whom you speak are not fired, but are kept on and PAID to do nothing, costing the State of NY taxpayers millions of dollars that could be better spent elsewhere or actually SAVED!!

American taxpayers spend billions of dollars keeping prisoners locked away (where they receive free medical treatment).

Millions of dollars of U.S. taxpayer funds are spent on testing foods annually to monitor the presence of pesticides and herbicides in the nation's food supply.

Astronomical sums are spent in political campaigns — often to the detriment of voters, who find taxpayer dollars being used to repay campaign donors.

By increasing spending with no way to pay for it, Democrats have created an unbalanced budget that includes no relief for property taxpayers and continues to cut the STAR property tax relief program by millions of dollars.

To ensure that taxpayers and the vulnerable populations served by these agencies receive the maximum value for the funds paid, Governor Cuomo is proposing the following reforms beginning in 2012 - 13: • At least 85 percent of every public dollar will be spent on direct services, not administration.

«When spending is out of control, it covers up embezzlement ad theft and hides what is really happening with taxpayer dollars,» said Garcia.

We must start by enacting term limits and we need independent enforcement to ensure that every dollar that taxpayers send to Albany is being spent appropriately.»

«We're not surprised that the Senate Democrats, who nearly bankrupted this state, would want to force New Yorkers to spend $ 200 million in taxpayer money to fund political campaigns rather than investing those dollars in our schools or providing incentives to help businesses create jobs,» said the spokesman, Scott Reif.

«It's taxpayer dollars and we think it should be spent appropriately.

Citizens Union released a report on $ 4.3 billion dollars in the budget that they say are spent at the discretion of Governor Cuomo and lawmakers with almost no details released to taxpayers.

A bill that passed the state Senate and Assembly this year would have secured Medicaid dollars for mothers who can't nurse their premature infants and choose to feed their babies donor breast milk; the legislation argues it will save New York taxpayers the money Medicaid currently spends on the complications that arise during neonatal care.

This weekend, they revealed how state legislators spend millions of taxpayer dollars on...

Trump on Wednesday blasted the tens of millions in taxpayer dollars that New York state has spent on the governor's Start Up NY Jobs program.

The city Department of Investigation's probe of vehicle misuse at the agency, released in April, revealed that 21 senior - level DOC employees «routinely abused take - home vehicle privileges and cost City taxpayers thousands of dollars in wasted money spent on gas and tolls to cover personal trips.»

At a typical cost of $ 400 per square foot, we estimate that the City spent roughly $ 400 million taxpayer dollars to acquire the one million square feet (23 acres) of Willets Point Phase One property, which the Bloomberg administration intended to gift to QDG for $ 1 (one dollar).

«In vetoing this costly legislation, Governor Paterson has made a difficult and wise decision that will save the taxpayers of the State and the City millions of dollars, demonstrating the courage to control spending in this difficult fiscal climate.»

Unshackle Upstate's Brian Sampson says in a TU OpEd that state taxpayer dollars slated for a public campaign finance system would be better spent on repairing aging infrastructure, expediting ongoing storm recovery efforts, restoring the Gap Elimination Adjustment, or providing tax relief for struggling middle - class families.

Hall spokesman Patrick McGarrity said: «Our democracy is weakened by candidates who spend millions of their own dollars trying to buy elections and then force their radical ideas on people like letting corporate polluters like BP off the hook — sticking taxpayers with the bill.»